noxious adj
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noxious — I adjective adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, brutal, causing danger, contaminated, corrupting, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, fatal, fraught with danger, harmful, hazardous, hurtful, impairing,… … Law dictionary
noxious — (adj.) c.1500, from L. noxius hurtful, injurious, from noxa injury, hurt, damage entailing liability (related to nocere to hurt, and to nex slaughter ), from PIE *nek ro , causative form of root *nek death (see NECRO (Cf. necro )) … Etymology dictionary
noxious — [adj] deadly, injurious baneful, corrupting, dangerous, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, fetid, foul, harmful, hurtful, insalubrious, insalutary, noisome, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, putrid, sickly, spoiled … New thesaurus
noxious — [näk′shəs] adj. [L noxius < noxa, injury, hurt < nocere, to hurt, injure: see NECRO ] 1. harmful to the health; injurious [a noxious gas] 2. morally injurious; corrupting; unwholesome SYN. PERNICIOUS noxiously adv. noxiousness n … English World dictionary
noxious — adj. Noxious is used with these nouns: ↑emission, ↑fumes, ↑gas, ↑smell, ↑substance, ↑weed … Collocations dictionary
noxious — adj harmful, hurtful, nocuous, nocent, noisome; deleterious, pernicious, injurious, baneful, nozzle nullify mischievous; baleful, menacing, malignant, malign; unwholesome, unhealthy, unhealthful, insalubrious; poisonous, venomous, virulent, toxic … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
noxious — adj. harmful, unwholesome. Derivatives: noxiously adv. noxiousness n. Etymology: f. L noxius f. noxa harm … Useful english dictionary
noxious — [[t]nɒ̱kʃəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A noxious gas or substance is poisonous or very harmful. Many household products give off noxious fumes. ...carbon monoxide and other noxious gases. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you refer to someone or… … English dictionary
noxious — noxiously, adv. noxiousness, n. /nok sheuhs/, adj. 1. harmful or injurious to health or physical well being: noxious fumes. 2. morally harmful; corrupting; pernicious: a noxious plan to spread dissension. [1605 15; < L noxius harmful, hurtful,… … Universalium
noxious — Injurious; harmful. [L. noxius, injurious, fr. noceo, to injure] * * * nox·ious näk shəs adj physically harmful or destructive to living beings <noxious wastes> * * * nox·ious (nokґshəs) [L. noxius] hurtful, pernicious, or damaging to… … Medical dictionary
